Bug 560802

Summary:	app-emulation/virtualbox-5.0.4's configure script rejects gcc-5.2
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Yi Yang <ahyangyi>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	alex_y_xu
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Yi Yang 2015-09-19 03:58:02 UTC

The configure script of virtualbox is hardcoded to allow "gcc 3.x with x>1 or gcc 4.x with 0<x<10 or gcc 5.1".

However, gcc 5.2 is a bug-fix version on top of 5.1 (as per https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-5/). Rejecting 5.2 and allowing 5.1 is akin to rejecting gcc-4.9.3 while accepting gcc-4.9.2.

Therefore, a simple fix to allow at least gcc 5.2 is preferred.

I am not sure if this is a change of GCC releasing policy, but if it can be confirmed that gcc 5.x will all be bug-fix versions (which is probable since gcc 6.0 is already under development), we could allow 5.x for any x.

Comment 1 Alex Xu (Hello71) 2015-09-22 23:31:41 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 555254 ***